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3. File Selection
The file selection tab is separated into 3 main sections:
Click load and follow the pop-up window to load data files. Currently, the program can only process ONE run each time(The function to process multiple runs will be included in the future release). As a result, in the popup window, please select 'Files' and chose only one .tdms file.
Following selection, the name of the data file will be displayed.
The APD .mat file contains the detector instrument response and gain curve. They are stored under 'APDDetectorFile' folder.
- Channel 1 --> Mxxxxxxxx_laser_reflection.mat
- Channel 2 --> Mxxxxxxxx_DCS.mat
- Channel 3 --> Mxxxxxxxx_DASPI.mat
xxxxxxxx is the serial number of each APD detector and will be different for each system.
The program remembers the location of the last used APD .mat file and will attempt to load those on startup so that you do not need to select them every time you run the software. However, the first time you run the software on your PC (or you change the file path) you will get warnings as shown below. If this happens, please manually select the files.
Not in use for the moments.
Please selects the corresponding system background file. After the background file is loaded, the waveform will be shown in the figures.
If no background is needed, select 'BG not needed' check box. The text box will be updated to inform you that background subtraction will not be performed.
After data, APD detectors file, and system background are all loaded, you can proceed to the next tab "Decon Setting". If any of the above files is missing, you will not be able to switch to "Decon Setting" tab and a warning will be displayed as shown below.
